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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:52:17 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.12NY Philharmonic “Concert to End Polio” with violinist Itzhak Perlmanhttp://www.carnegierocks.com/2009/12/02/new-york-philhamonic-concert-to-end-polio-with-violinist-itzhak-perlman-at-avery-fisher-hall/
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The New York Philharmonic performance at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center had a performance tonight to help stamp out polio worldwide. Polio, the A.I.D.S. of the Baby Boomer generation, still occurs in a few countries, and the Rotary and other sponsors are trying to end this disease for all time. The concert was played without intermission, but Mr. Perlman was especially exquisite during the Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor Adagio … I cried. Otherwise, the concert was a non-stop potpourri, and I must say Avery Fisher’s Hall is not nearly as attractive as mine.

I got trapped in this sculpture and almost didn't make it to the concert.

The thingys above the stage must have a purpose, but I have no idea what.

This is Itzhak Perlman. He is one of the world's great violinists, and he once had polio himself.

The “Mostly Mozart” Concert series at the Lincoln Center is among the best classical music in New York during the summer (when my place, Carnegie Hall, is closed). The concert that I went to was actually an all-Beethoven concert.